Success stories

Youth Inspired prides itself on our learners and the successes they experience with us. Read about some of these below:

Arts and Crafts market stall

On Friday 13th April our Arts and Crafts learners held a very successful town centre market stall where they sold the items they have made during the Arts and Crafts course funded by the Learning in Communities Fund. We would like to thank the Learning Partnership for supporting this activity.

Caldecotte Residential Trip

We would like to thank the Bedfordshire & Luton Community Foundation for helping us to fund a residential experience for some of our learners in May. The young people involved had a fantastic weekend of activities and an overnight stay at the Caldecotte Xperience in Milton Keynes. All of the learners said that they had a fantastic experience and that we should definitely do it every year.

The pictures above and on the left were taken on his visit and below you can read the article he wrote about it.

Adam is a student on our Improving Choices course and has a particular interest in developing the comic book character Billy Whizz. During his English lessons he had produced some full-page comic-strips and a short flick-book animation in the build-up to introducing and developing the character and animated series.In April 2018 he was invited to the Beano Studio Offices to give a presentation of his ideas. This was a fantastic achievement for Adam. We are all very proud of him.

"For many years now, I have been working on material such as scripts to support the concept of an animated series of Billy Whizz, the speedy kid from The Beano comic, and Beano Studios were kind enough to allow me to pitch my ideas.So, on the 26th April 2018, I travelled from Bedford to London with my tutor and my grandad to Beano Studios’ offices. I had a great time speaking with Edward Moline and Tom Shreeve, the company’s editors who were conducting the presentation, and they enjoyed what I had to present to them, especially with my ideas for the format, stories, character designs, animation and possible members of the voice cast, particularly James Buckley, who I had in mind to voice Billy and previously played Jay Cartwright in E4’s cult sitcom, The Inbetweeners. They even gave me tips on how I could progress further in this potential career path, with regards to writing and animating.I feel that I really made my mark on the company and gained much more confidence in developing and pitching ideas for formats such as TV, film, and gaming.This will be, without a single shred of doubt in my mind, an experience I will proudly be able to look back on, even in my elder years, and I can look forward to what this concept will bring to Beano Studios and the character of Billy in the future. Who knows, it might even be the next best animated TV series to come out of the UK!"

James is a shining example of a successful student. He spent the last year with us at our Mile Road centre and has achieved so much he is even coming back to do some part time work with us for a couple of hours a week as well as continuing with his work placement on a weekly basis.We have loved working with James and hope to welcome him into our centre for many years to come.Well done James. We are so proud of you.​

Callum came to Youth Inspired with extremely low self-esteem and no self-confidence, travelling in by taxi and finding quiet areas where he was able to hide away behind his long hair.During his time at Youth Inspired he began to grow in confidence and make new friends who he would even meet up with outside work time. He began to join in lunch time groups and walks into town. Gradually he started to change his image showing that his self-confidence was growing.He was supported to try several work experiences and finally found one that he enjoyed and was suited to at the local re-cycling centre where he became part of the crew.Callum worked hard to gain a wide range of appropriate qualifications and Functional Skills in Maths and English. In July 2017 Callum left Youth Inspired and managed to find an Apprenticeship Welder placement with Anglia Steel Craft and will attend Northampton College to gain his Level 1, 2 and 3 in welding.Callum recently surprised us with a visit to Youth Inspired when he told us that, he would never have been able to do his apprenticeship if it wasn’t for Youth Inspired. “It was 100% the best choice to come here!”Good Luck Callum. We will all miss you.

Children in Need day 2017. This is some of our staff and learners doing their bit to raise money for this fantastic cause.

Here at Youth Inspired we are very proud of what our learners achieve. They work hard to overcome the difficulties they have faced and they are a real pleasure to be with. The end of the year is always a sad time for us because some of the learners have to move on. We wish them well in whatever they choose to do next.​

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